Universal joint or shaft-coupling.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1993 W. 0. WORTH. Y UNIVERSAL JOINT OR SHAFT GOUPLING.

APPLICATION IIILED MAY 2. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

co. Puoroumo UNITED STATES,

Patented July 21, 19 03.

PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM O. WORTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF,

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

AND WILLIAM R. DONALDSON, OF

UNIVERSAL JOINT OR SHAFT-COUPLING.

.EJEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,490, dated July 21, 1903.

Application filed May 2,' 1901.

To all whom, il Hobby concept} Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago,county of Oook,and State of Illinois,have

universal joint in which all of the bearing surfaces are housed in a dust andwater tight casing.--

Another object of my invention is to provide a means by which all of the bearings of the said joints will be automatically lubricated. q 1 p In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my universal joint or shaft-coupling. Fig. 2 is asection through line 2 2 of Fig. 1-. Fig. 3 is a section through line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In all of the views the same letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The joint oonsists,essentially,of three principal members a, c, andf.

a is a central inner projection carrying a pintle a a is a spheriform hood, preferably made integral with the parts a and a.

c is a shaft provided with a cup-shaped spheriform part, carrying bearings for the pintles of both of the other members.

c c are bearing-pins on opposite diameters of the latter cup-shaped portion, which are preferably screwed into bearings 0 that are carried thereby, the heads coming flush with the outer circumference of the said cupshaped portion. These pins are made tight in this portion and pass loosely through bearing-surfaces madein the third orintermediate member. The bearing-pintle a and the bearing-pins c are both loosely carried-in corresponding .opposite hearings in the cupshaped or intermediate member and arranged in a common plane.

c is an annular packing, preferably made Serial Ila-58,503. (No model.)

of rubber, leather, or. like material which is carried in a groove made into the piece 0 and I is in intimate contactwith the inner surface of the hood-shaped covering a pin 0?, and f the hearings in the same piece for thesingle pint-1e a f is a depression or recess in the cup f,surrounded by an annular wall, arranged to receive the pivoted or hinged portions of the element a.

The projection a extends into the annulus -tle a ,-perpendicular to the projection a, is .disposed coaxially with a (liametrical axis of the annulus.

, f represents receptacles made on the'interior of the cupf for containing lubricatingoil'or hard grease used for the purpose of lubricating the respective bearings a and 0 through properly-constructed channels f, as shown.

' f is a screw which covers an opening in the'cupf, which is made therein for the purpose of admitting the lubricating material, the screw being used for the purpose of ret-a'cles.

is arr-opening through which the screw is accessible.- It is also closed by a similar screw or cap.

f and f are capscrews for covering the openings madeinto the elements for the pur-. pose of admitting the-pintle=pin a when the device isbeing assembled.

It will be noticed that'the pintle a joins the part a to the cup-shaped interior portion f. The pintle does not extend to the portion 0. It will also be noticed that the portion fis joined to-the-portion c by means of the bearing-pins 0"; 0

The use and operation of a knuckle-joint is so well known tothose skilled. inthe art that it'doesnot seem necessary to describe its operation, the object" of my device being to construct a joint of this character in which the bearings will be at all times perfectly lubricated and protected from dust and moisture and other deleterious influences.

The packing 0 will seal the casing and pref']" are hearings in the memberf for theformed by the bearing member, and the pin-" taining the said material in the said recepvent such agencies from entering the receptacle 11 ,111 which the bearing portions are contained.

The lubricating material contained within the receptacle f is so arranged that it will be automatically supplied to the bearing pins and pintle in the manner described.

The entire receptacle contained between the hoods a and 0 may be filled with lubricating material for this purpose. In this event it is also evident that the packing 0 should be made of metal, which may be held out into contact with the hood portion 50 of the casing by means of a spring in a manner similar to packing or bull rings usually placed on the piston of steam-engines.

I have shown in the drawings the simplest method of making the packing; but I do not wish to be confined to that form alone.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a universal shaft-coupling, the combination with two shaft members, of a casing formed of two sections carried by the respective shaft members, a cup -shaped bearing member arranged Within the casing, a projection from one of said shaft members arranged to extend into the interior of the bearing member, a pintle secured to the projection and loosely journaled in the bearing member, removable pintles mounted on the casing-section carried by the opposing shaft member and loosely journaled in the bearing member, there being an oil-chamber formed in the bearing member and extended uninterruptedly throughout the same, and oilducts communicating with said chamber and with the journals of the pintles.

In testimony whereof I' have signed this specification, in the presence of two subscribing wituesses,this 22d day of April,A. D. 1901.

WILLIAM O. WORTH.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. CRANE, FOREE BAIN. 

